Improvement in corn-planters



.our improved planter.

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JOSEPH M. WHITMORE ,AND JOHN N. ARVIN, OF VAIlPARAISO, INDIANA.

Letters PatenthNo. 110,811, dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CO'RN-PLAVNTERS.

The Schedule rexerred to in these Letters Patent and makinglpart of tlsame.

description thereof, which will enable others skilled inV the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l isa detail vertical longitudinal section of Figure 2 isa rear vView of the same, partly iu section, to show the construction.

Figure 3 is a detail sectioualview of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Our invent-ion relates to corn-planters', and consists iu the improvements hereinafter described, and then pointed out in the claims.

A is the axle, upon the journals of which the'wheels B are placed and revolve, the said axle being sta- 'tion t-he lower ends of the said lioppers or spouts do not require to be supported.

F are the droppin g-wheels, which worlr loosely upon the axle A within the hoppers E, `and which have recesses formed in their. opposite sides, as shown in fig. 3, of suflcient capacity to contain 'enough seed to form a hill.

The dropping-wheels F are rigidly connected with sleeves G, placed upon Athe axle Land which project through the inner sides of the hoppers E, au'd have small gear-wheels H attached to their projecting ends. Into the teeth of the gear-wheels II mesh the teeth of the rack-bars I, which work up and down in guides attached to the hoppers E or axle A, or to both.

To the upper ends of the rack-bars I are attached pins, which pass through slots in the ends of the horizontal bar J, so that the rack-bars I may move up and down vertically while the ends of the horizontal bar J are moving in the arc of a circle.

The horizontal bar J is pivoted, at its middle part,

. to the standard K, that supports the drivers seat, and

which is-attached to the middle of the axle A, 'or to some othersuitable support attached to the said axle A or to the frame O.

By this construction, by vibrating the har J the dropping-wheels F will be oscillated to drop the corn alternately from the recesses in their opposite sidesr The bar J is vibrated by the hand-levers L', the forward ends of which are pivoted to a cross-bar of the frame -C,aud which pass through keepers or'eyes attached to or formed in the said har J.

To the lower ends of the rack-bars I are pivoted the upper ends of the slides M, which move up and down along the'iuner sides ofthe hoppers E, and which are kept in place by guides or keepers attached` to said hoppers. Y

In theslides M are formed diagonal slots, as shown iu iig. to receive the projecting end of the pin N, whichprojects through a transverse slot in the side of the said hoppers, and the inner ends of which are secured to the flap or plate O, placed in the lower part of the hoppers E, and the upper end of which is pivoted to the sides of the hoppers E just below the middle part of the dropping-wheels F.

By this construction, as 'the rack-bar I moves in one direction to turn the dropping-wheel F to discharge theseed from the full recess of said wheel, the plate O is moved to the'side ofthe hopper directly beneath said recess to receive and .collect the seed so that it may bedropped to the' ground in a bunch when the plate O is mbved to the other side of the hopper to receivethe seed from the other recess. Paare the openers or shoesby which the furrow is vopened to receive the seed, the forward ends ofwhich are curved upward and are pivoted to the forward part of the frame C, so that the said openers may adjust themselves to the surface of the ground inde- A pendently of the wheels B, and so that the said shoes onopeners may he readily raised from the ground when desired, for conveniecein turning or in passing from place to place. l

The rear ends of the openers P are made forked or branched, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, to spread the sides of the furrows and receive the lower ends of the hop pers, so that the seed may be deposited in the hottomsof the furrows before the sides of said-furrows havefallen in.

to the rod or bar It, upon each side of each of the covering-rollers S, which revolve upon journals formedV upon each end of said rod or bar It. v I 'l is the seat for the man that operates the'dropping device, and which is attached to and supported by the ba'r or bars U, the lower ends of'which are attached to the har or rod R.

The seat T is kept in an erect position bythe lever V, the rear end of which is attached to the said seat T, and which is pivoted to the upright K or axle A.

The forward end of the lever V extends forward into such a position that the driver, from the seat W, can, with his feet, reach the said lever V, and operate it to raise the covering-rollers S and openers P away from the ground, for convenience in turning or passing from place to place. 4

The drivers seat NV is attached to the upper end of the upright K, and is further secured in place by the braces X, the upper ends of which are attached to said seat and their lower ends are attached to the frame C.

The upright K and braces X are`made of such a length as to raise the seat W to such a height that the driver can readlysee to properly guide his machine.

Having thus described our invent-ion,

-We claim as new and desire to-secnre by Letters Patent v 1. A diagonallyfslotted and recprccating slide M, appliedperpendicularly to the pin N of flap O, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of levers L L and bar J with sleeves Gr G,'pinions H H, and rack-bars I I, when 

